On Thursday, 25 September 2025, from 14:00-16:00 (CET), SOLARX project, coordinated by Prof. Jérôme Barrau from the University of Lleida (UdL), will host its final workshop in Almeria, Spain. Most project partners will present in person and discuss results, the relevance of the project and its importance in the development and implementation of commercial solutions. The event will take place at Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos in Sala 7 during the International SolarPACES Conference, the world’s leading conference on concentrating solar power, thermal and chemical energy systems, to leverage the attendance of the conference by specialists in the sector and gather all relevant industrial stakeholders. The conference room will be equipped with a screen and surround sound, ensuring a seamless experience for all attendees. The workshop will be a hybrid event, held both in person and via Zoom. More information can be found at solarx-project.eu.
The 2024 edition of the SolarPACES conference served as a platform for unveiling new achievements within the SOLARX project. Highlights included the hybridisation of concentrating photovoltaic cells with thermal receivers in a multi-tower solar field, presented by UdL, and the design of a high heat flux solar reactor receiver used for low-carbon hydrogen production, showcased by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). As the project concludes at the end of October 2025, the consortium will present the final results, demonstrating the technical and economic reliability as well as the social value of the synergetic production of heat, electricity, and hydrogen from solar resources in a single facility. This demonstration will consider real-time energy demands and market prices for various locations and application scenarios.